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Democrat congressional leaders cite fake mike Flynn twitter account
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:27 pm
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Two top House Democrats on Tuesday repeated information from a fake Twitter account purporting to belong to President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
"Something is wrong here," Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said during a press conference in Washington, D.C.
"Madam Leader, just this morning Flynn tweeted - and this is a quote here - 'scapegoat,' end of quote," added Cummings, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. "Scapegoat. He basically describes himself as a scapegoat.
"I believe we need to hold a public hearing with Flynn to get to the bottom of this. If there was any emergency at this moment in the history of this country, this is the moment."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) then echoed Cummings's remarks.
"I didn't know until I heard from our colleague that the tweet of Gen. Flynn today was 'scapegoat,' " she said. "Do you know what a 'scapegoat' is?
"That means in a community where people want to absolve themselves of guilt, they get a goat and heap all the ills onto the goat and then they run the goat out of town. So the inference to be drawn from his statement [is] that other people have blame that should be shared in all of this."
Cummings and Pelosi were quoting a fake account that also duped Newsmax and The New York Times.
"While I accept full responsibility for my actions, I feel it is unfair that I have been made the sole scapegoat for what happened," a tweet on the fake account said Tuesday. "But if a scapegoat is what's needed for this Administration to continue to take this great nation forward, I am proud to do my duty."
Cummings and pelosi are morons
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
These were the same people that called Hilldawg the most qualified EVER to seek the Oval Office.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That's gold Jerry..
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I was watching that display of wowality
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:32 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
Rep. Elijah Cummings
quote:
Nancy Pelosi
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I'm glad she defined scapegoat for her base
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Dumbasses will be dumbasses
Fake news NYT doing what they do best
Fake news NYT doing what they do best
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:43 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That wasn't a shiny penny troll, that was a silver dollar gotcha.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:46 pm to demtigers73
The real problem here is that this will get passed on as if it were real if only now because Pelosi and Cummin said it.
It no longer matters if it's true- it only matters if their base believes it, and that train left the station a while ago.
It no longer matters if it's true- it only matters if their base believes it, and that train left the station a while ago.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
"While I accept full responsibility for my actions, I feel it is unfair that I have been made the sole scapegoat for what happened," a tweet on the fake account said Tuesday. "But if a scapegoat is what's needed for this Administration to continue to take this great nation forward, I am proud to do my duty."
This quote ran on NPR several times per hour this morning as well.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 5:08 pm to NYNolaguy1
And that in a nutshell is the problem with social media. People believe anything and everything, and then "leaders" repeat stuff from social media, and whether it is true or not, people believe it. John Oliver just spoke about this this past week. It happens on both sides and it is frightening.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 5:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Cummings and Pelosi were quoting a fake account that also duped Newsmax and The New York Times.
That is fricking awesome
Your move Kurt Cuckenwald
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